Eventide

“In the ultimate stillness
Light penetrates the whole realm;
In the still illumination,
There pervades pure emptiness.
When I look back on the
Phenomenal world,
Everything is just
Like a dream.”

Han-shan Te-Ch'ing ((1546-1623) who was one of the major Buddhist thinkers and reformers of the late Ming period)

Climber Jonathan Hawker gazes across the Vale of Widecombe towards Hamel Down in the lingering post-sunset afterglow light, atop one of the bouldering routes below ‘The Wave’ sector on the west face of Bonehill Rocks on Dartmoor.


Technical & Processing Info:

Pentax K-x
Pentax 18-55mm SMC/ DAL lens
Bilora Stabillo tripod

Aperture = f/8
Focal length = 23mm
ISO = 200

High Dynamic Range photo from 3 separate RAW exposures (-2, 0, +2 ev) processed in Photomatix Pro 3.26.

Further work, including re-blended ‘Orton Effect’ version of the HDR, in Photoshop 6.0